Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns (1993)
British filmmaker Beeban Kidron ventures onto the mean streets of the South Bronx and other New York locales to examine the lives of those involved in the city's thriving sex industry.
Top billed cast
Beeban KidronSelf
Mistress ScarlettMistress- Raymond D. TaylorDancer
- Adam M. DeskeyFree Agent
- Michael GrayEntrepreneur
- Fiona JamesPerformer
- Jenny NordbanckEntrepreneur
- Pierre RichardsDancer
- Henning RübsamDancer
- Richard ChilmazaDancer
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